ECOSPEAK: COMING TO AN UNDERSTANDING

Air Date: Not Currently Scheduled
Subject: Science/Environment
Grades: 7-12
Length: 3 episodes @ 40 minutes
Distributors: Chevron
Website: www.chevron.com (Free teacher's guide avaiable)

This new Chevron Video Showcase series clarifies environmental issues from a scientific perspective so that students, using critical thinking skills based on accurate information, can make intelligent and thoughtful decision about their environmental concerns. Optional Q & A segments at the end of each segment, feature leading scientists answering in depth various questions concerning the issues.

1 The Greenhouse Effect: Part 1, the natural greenhouse effect, part 2 is the enhanced greenhouse effect/global warming, part 3 is optional and is questions and answers.

2 The Hole in the Ozone: part 1 is the ozone layer; part 2 is the hole in the ozone; part 3 is optional questions and answers.

3 Smog: part 1 is smoke/fog smog; part 2 is photochemical smog and part 3 is optional questions and answers.

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Air Date: March 14, 2002
Subject: Science
Grades: K-5
Length: 4 episodes @ 20 minutes
Distributors: EPS
School Record Rights: Life of Lease

Teaches children about wildlife habitats and heightens their awareness of what our wild animal friends need to survive. They learn the difference between wild and domestic animals. Much of the series revolves around the efforts to find an appropriate ecosystem for "Pearl" an injured bald eagle.

1 The Robin
2 Habitat Diversity
3 Predators
4 The Right home for Pearl

INNOVATION

Air Date: Not Currently Scheduled; Broadcast Rights Expire 12/15/01
Subject: Science/Technology
Grades: Adult
Length: 3 episodes @ 60 minutes
Record Rights: 1 year
Website: www.wnet.org/archive/innovation

From awe inspiring new techniques that can eliminate disease at the very outset of life, to practical means for ensuring a healthy old age, this three-part series features the latest in ground-breaking biomedical treatments and research.

101 Cracking the Code: advances in medical technology bring controversies and accomplishments looks at the new technologies that enable genetic intervention at the earliest stages of human development.

102 The Man Made man: new technologies assist human body in surviving medical challenges from mechanical replacement hearts to a potential alternative to amputation.

103 Live Long and Prosper: some of the extraordinary work being done today to enhance the quality of life for older Americans includes: Advances in Parkinson's disease research and hormone therapies to battle osteoporosis.

INTEGRATED SCIENCE: THE ENVIRONMENT

Air Date: Not Currently Scheduled
Subject: Science/Environment
Grades: 6-8
Length: 12 episodes @ 15 minutes
Distributors: EPS

Supporting the national reform effort in secondary school science, this series taps a growing concern about the environment. Helps students consider the concept of biomes, enlarge their view to include the entire biosphere, and the effect people have on the various ecosystems.

101 Protection, Please
102 Migration Mystery
103 Prairies Past
104 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
105 The Environment
106 Symbiotic Relationships
107 Endangered Species
108 Succession
109 The Big Picture
110 Air Today, Smog Tomorrow
111 Water Everywhere
112 Dust to Dust

NASA "WHY?" FILES

Air Date: Not Currently Scheduled
Subject: Science/Technology
Grades: 3-5
Length: 4 episodes @ 60 minutes
Distributors: NASA
Website: http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov

These programs emphasize the integration of mathematics, science, and technology; use NASA researchers to put a "real-world face" on mathematics, science, and technology; and support the national mathematics, science, and technology standards. The NASA "Why?" Files offers educators the opportunity to introduce students to problem-based learning and science as inquiry. The NASA "Why?" Files Series is a standards-based, technology focused, distance learning initiative designed to integrate and enhance the teaching of math, science, and technology in grades 3-5. The 2000-2001 series of four, 60-minute programs uses problem-based learning and scientific inquiry, including the scientific method and science process skills, to introduce students to the excitement and exploration of real-world mathematics, science, and technology.

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NASA CONNECT

Air Date: Not Currently Scheduled
Subject: Science/Technology
Grades: 5-8
Length: 5 episodes @ 30 minutes
Distributors: NASA
Website: http://edu.larc.nasa.gov/connect/

These programs emphasize the integration of mathematics, science, and technology; use NASA researchers to put a ""real-world face"" on mathematics, science, and technology; and support the national mathematics, science, and technology standards.Each NASA CONNECT program includes a lesson, focus questions throughout the video, a hands-on student activity, and a web-based component.

1 MEASUREMENT, RATIOS, AND GRAPHING: Safety First!
NASA engineers and researchers use measurement, rations, and graphing to maintain high levels of aviation safety and develop new technologies to meet the growing demands-keeping you safe in tomorrow's skies.

2 Measurement, ratios, and graphing: 3,2,1, Crash!
Crashing planes, skidding tires, and blasting water, NASA engineers work to improve airplane performance and safety.

3 Geometry and Algebra: The future flight equation.
NASA engineers and researchers use geometry and algebra to design, develop, and test tomorrow's aircraft

4 GEOMETRY AND ALGEBRA: Glow with the Flow .
Airs March 22, 2001
NASA aerospace engineers use scale models to see how air flows and why materials glow under wind tunnel conditions.

5 DATA ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT: Ahead, Above the Clouds Predicting severe weather, tracking clouds, and monitoring pollutants in the air, NASA engineers and scientists are developing technologies to collect data that will help them better understand Earth’s climate.

6 PATTERN, FUNCTIONS, AND ALGEBRA: Wired for Space NASA researchers develop new ways to propel a spacecraft already in orbit without the aid of fuel. Mathematics: patterns, functions, algebra Science: physical science, Earth and space science, science as inquiry NASA Research: Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System (ProSEDS)

7 DATA ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT: Having a Solar Blast NASA engineers and researchers use data analysis and measurement to predict solar storms, anticipate how they will affect the Earth, and improve our understanding of the Sun-Earth system. Mathematics: data analysis, measurement Science: science as inquiry, unifying concepts and processes, physical science, Earth and space science, science and technology, science in personal and social perspectives NASA Research: SOlar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE)

8 FUNCTIONS AND STATISTICS: Internat'l Space Station: Up to Us
Ground research + space research = true science as international researchers anticipate working together onboard the International Space Station. Mathematics: functions, statistics Science: science and technology, Earth and space science, physical science, science as inquiry NASA Research: International Space Station Program, Virtual International Space Station

NEWTON'S APPLE

Air Date: Series 14 airs Tuesday mornings, 3/5/02, 3/19/02, 4/9/02 & 4/23/02
               Series 15 airs Tuesday mornings, 4/9/02 & 4/23/02
Subject: Science
Grades: K-6
Length: 13 episodes @ 30 minutes
Distributors: GPN
School Record Rights: Life of Lease

Each episode in this series contains several short segments, each on a different science subject. The segments’ activities involve the host and guest scientists in the discovery of basic scientific facts and principles. The series covers a broad spectrum of subjects including Life Science, Earth Science, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy, Technology, Health and Medicine, Animal Science and Sports Science.

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Click HERE for SERIES 15 episode descriptions.

NO TIME TO WASTE

Air Date: Not Currently Scheduled
Subject: Science/Current Events
Grades: K-6
Length: 30 minutes
Distributors: GPN

This is a program that involves school children in 3 locations-Wash DC, Oakland CA and Toronto Canada, exploring environmental issues. Step by step you follow the children's progress beginning with research and ending with active negotiations regarding environmental problems with community leaders. In addition, the show features students from Russia, Hungary, Sweden, France, Switzerland, England, and Holland, all following similar steps in their native lands.

Air Date: Series 7 airs Tuesday morning, 4/16/02
               Series 3 airs Tuesday morning, 4/30/02
Subject: Science/Careers
Grades: 6-11
Length: 13 episodes @ 30 minutes
Distributors: PMN
Website: www.realscience.org

Who says science has to be dull? Join hip teen reporters as they pair up with professionals from various scientific fields to explore careers in science. Real Science! challenges students perceptions of science and scientists, encouraging adolescents to pursue activities and courses that could lead to a career in science or a related field (such as science writing). The programs feature women and minorities as hosts and as professionals engaged in challenging scientific careers. Real Science! episodes spotlight fascinating aspects of scientific jobs and feature scientists on the job.

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Click HERE for SERIES 7episode descriptions.

THE REFINERY FILM

Air Date: April 4, 2002
Subject: Science
Grades: 7-12
Length: 20 minutes
Distributors: Chevron
School Record Rights: Life of Lease
Website: www.chevron.com (Free teacher's guide available)

McLean Stevenson takes viewers on an informative and humorous tour through an oil refinery, as he provides interesting facts about chemistry, physics and engineering. Designed for use in science and general education classes.

A SCIENCE ODYSSEY

Air Date: Not Currently Scheduled
Subject: Science
Grades: High School, Adult
Length: 5, 120 minute episodes
Distributors: PBS
Website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/

This series is an extraordinary chronicle of 20th-century scientific adventure. Host Charles Osgood takes viewers on a journey through 100 years of discovery, combining historical footage, interviews and animation -- illuminating the people, breakthroughs and social forces that have made this the most dynamic century in the history of science and technology.

"Matters of Life and Death"-The first episode investigates the remarkable breakthroughs in surgery, vaccines, drugs and medical technology; medicine's new ethical questions; and assumptions about life and death. Key topics include fighting disease, penicillin, insulin, surgery and organ transplants.

"Mysteries of the Universe--This program probes the twin revolutions in physics and astronomy, and delves into scientists' century-long struggle to discover the fundamental laws of Everything. Topics include telescopes, pulsars, the size of the universe, astrophysics, black holes, the structure of the atom and super colliders.

"In Search of Ourselves"--This program explores what has been learned about human behavior over the past 100 years -- and how much more of this dramatic frontier is yet to be discovered. Topics include psychoanalysis, eugenics, the brain, Sigmund Freud, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Harry Harlow on the power of love and comfort, and John B. Watson on the behaviorist movement..

"Bigger, Better, Faster"--Viewers are introduced to the inventors, entrepreneurs and industrial scientists whose work fueled the 20th-century's technological revolution. Topics include aviation and automobiles, mass media and the computer, and synthetic materials like nylon and synthetic rubber.

"Origins"--The final episode reveals what is known about the history of the planet, the human species and life itself through the discoveries of geologists, biochemists, paleoanthropologists and others. Topics include earth sciences -- volcanoes, earthquakes, age and origin of the earth, formation of mountains -- and life sciences, such as the legacy of Charles Darwin, DNA and RNA and the origins of life.

VIEWS OF THE EARTH

Air Date: April 4, 2002
Subject: Science
Grades: 8-12
Length: 20 minutes
Distributors: Chevron
School Record Rights: Life of Lease
Website: www.chevron.com (Free teacher's guide available)

Views of the Earth traces the science of geology as it developed through various historical periods and examines the theories of leading geologists throughout the ages. Combining colorful photography and intriguing animation, this program captures the interest and inspires the imagination of viewers.

VISUALIZING CELL PROCESSES

Air Date: September 11, 2001 & Repeats: April 2, 2002
Subject: Science
Grades: 9-14
Length:
Distributors: E-Bio
School Record Rights: Life of Lease

Each of the five 15-minute programs presents a series of short, narrated, full-motion, live-action or animated modules 1-2 minutes long within a program theme. Each module conveys an essential process of cellular biology. This series with state-of-the-art animation and full-motion imaging of cells completely supports the National Science Standards for teaching Cell Biology.

1. Cells and Molecules (A) Modules: : A Variety of Cells, Cell Organization, Overview of Organic Molecules, Prokaryotic Cells, Evolution of Eukaryotic Cells.

2. Cell Movement and Transport (A) Modules: Behavior of the Plasma Membrane, Osmosis, Transport Proteins, Endocytosis, Golgi Function, Lysosomes and Digestion, Microtubules, Cilia, Actin and Myosin Motor Proteins

3. Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration (A) Respiration Modules: Glycolysis and Fermentation, Mitochondrion Structure, Krebs Cycle, Electron Transport Chain and ATP Synthesis Photosynthesis Modules: Chloroplast Structure, the Light Dependent Reactions of Photosynthesis, The Light Dependent Reactions of Photosynthesis

4. DNA Replication, Mitosis and Cell Reproduction (A) Modules: Mitosis: Chromosome Condensation, Mitosis Stages, Cytokinesis, Meiosis, Nucleotide Structure and Bonding, Replication Enzymes, Replicating the Strands, The Twisting Problem, Proof Reading and Repair, Replication Steps Review.

5. The Genetic Code and Its Translation (A) Modules: The Protein Nature of Life, Protein Structure, Transcription, Translation and Protein Synthesis, Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes, Exons and Introns, Mutations, Viruses (DNA gone wild).

WATER WOES: ID VS. USA

Air Date: Not Currently Scheduled
Subject: Science/Environment/Idaho Studies
Grades: Adult
Length: 20 minutes
School Record Rights: Unlimited
Distributors: IdahoPTV

This special covers the oral arguments in a 1995 case regarding the Snake River Basin Adjudication. Roger Fuhrman hosted the program. In 1994 the state legislature passed two laws altering the snake river adjudication process.

WHAT'S IN THE NEWS, SPACE

Air Date: Not Currently Scheduled
Subject: Science
Grades: 4-7
Length: 12 episodes @ 15 minutes
Distributors: ITS

This program provides accurate and interesting information about the space sciences and their applications as relevant and important human activities in an historical context. The program is organized around three themes: to be human is to explore and discover; In Earth Orbit and Beyond: people, science and technology; and Image of Earth: communications, information and perspectives. This series promises to give viewers an enhanced understanding of the concepts of science, technology, and space exploration and how they relate within the context of human history. Image of Earth: communications, information and perspectives.

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WHEN SLEEPING GIANTS WAKE

Air Date: Not Currently Scheduled
Subject: Science/Nature
Grades: 9-12
Length: 60 minutes
Distributors: PBS

This special examines the potential impact of volcanoes on nearby communities and draws comparisons with other cities around the world that have experienced the upheaval and devastation of one of nature's most destructive forces, with a special focus on the Cascades.